The newspapers had sought the tapes of 911 calls summoning help Feb. 17 to the Baton Rouge home of Secretary of State Fox McKeithen in an attempt to learn why it took three calls before an ambulance took the paralyzed McKeithen to a hospital.

Judge Janice Clark ruled in April in favor of East Baton Rouge Parish Emergency Medical Services, which argued that callers summoning an ambulance had an expectation of ...